To be clear, I intentionally joined a house that did NOT haze. It was one of my criteria.

 

Same here. I didn't mean to imply otherwise if I did.

Same here. I didn't mean to imply otherwise if I did.

 

You didn't, I just wanted to be clear I did not have much first hand experience with hazing, thankfully.

For all the talk about how sports build character, the reality of the matter is that most athletes are coddled their entire lives because of their skills. They aren't held accountable and this type of mentality can easily develop. Hunter Smith (former Punter for the Colts) wrote a great book on this a few years ago (The Jersey Effect). It's a good read (thought to be clear this is a religious book).

 

 

Exactly on point.

To be clear, I intentionally joined a house that did NOT haze. It was one of my criteria.

I chose to pledge one that I knew had a moral backbone that wouldn't abuse pledges but aimed to make pledging a fun way to get to know each other. When I was later in charge of pledges, I got to know them so as to not abuse or offend them. Pledge week was an excuse to be silly and ridiculous and have fun. My room mate was pushed in the right way to finally talk to that girl he'd liked. It is all about how and why it is done.

How things are done in work places have to be about team building and not intimidation, offending people, or making them uncomfortable coming to work. The Twins things they do seem silly and aimed at fun, not any of these other things that happened in Miami.